348: Chapter 348 Breaking Through to the Peak of the Source Emperor, Planning

At this moment, Cao Yang sat leisurely in the towering pavilion of the Heavenly Emperor Hall.

Behind him stood not only Ouyang Liuli and his other former Dao Companions, but also thirty new Dao Companions recently added to his harem.

Among these thirty, twenty-one were exceptionally talented and peerless Daughters of Heaven; the other nine were graceful beautiful women and mature, charming young wives.

After Zi Yue's patient and detailed explanation, every single one of these women was willing to become Cao Yang's Dao Companion.

They all made this choice of their own volition; not a single one chose to serve as Cao Yang's maidservant.

Although the women appeared to be chatting and laughing happily on the surface, Cao Yang's keen perception told him that the atmosphere was far from as harmonious as he had imagined.

After all, taking in thirty Dao Companions at once was quite a staggering number.

The women felt more or less awkward and constrained with one another.

Faced with this situation, Cao Yang made a prompt decision: in the coming days, he would devote all his time to accompanying these beauties and carefully nurturing their deep feelings for one another.

Furthermore, Cao Yang candidly revealed to his Dao Companions the true reason why he recruited so many daughters of Prodigies as his Dao Companions.

It turned out that he possessed a unique trait: the more daughters of Prodigies he took in, the more vast and majestic energy he could obtain.

With this energy, he could not only help himself continuously Breakthrough cultivation base Bottlenecks but also assist the Dao Companions by his side in increasing their strength and achieving leaps in their Realms.

Hearing Cao Yang's heartfelt explanation, the women finally understood why he didn't need to deliberately Cultivate yet his Realm continued to rise, and why he possessed the miraculous ability to help others Breakthrough.

Now, all the women expressed their support for Cao Yang taking in stunning beauties.

However, the observant Cao Yang could keenly perceive that the women who had followed him since the Tianxuan Realm were actually experiencing turbulent emotions deep down.

Although they appeared as optimistic as the others on the surface, Cao Yang knew it wasn't that simple.

Because of this, Cao Yang decided to focus his upcoming companionship and comfort on these women he had won over early on, especially his five gentle and lovely Senior Sisters and his highly respected Revered Master.

He understood that only through genuine care and communication could he soothe the hidden anxieties in their hearts.

The situation was different for the newly recruited women.

When they heard that Cao Yang wanted to take in more stunning beauties to help everyone raise their cultivation Realms, their emotions were filled with excitement and joy, without any inexplicable negative feelings.

This was perhaps due to their trust in Cao Yang and their desire for their own strength to grow.

Additionally, there was another crucial factor urging Cao Yang to speed up the process of strengthening emotional bonds with his old companions—not long ago, he had successfully exchanged all his acquired sign-in counts for an astounding amount of cultivation base!

The total from this exchange reached a staggering 150 billion Heaven-Defying Genius Cultivation, leaving him only a mere 60 billion Heaven-Defying Genius Cultivation short of a Breakthrough into the remarkable Chaos Realm!

Cao Yang looked forward to not only receiving the maximum 100-point favorability rewards from the women he had won over early on while nurturing their feelings...

...but also ensuring that the favorability of the thirty women he just took in reached ninety-nine.

Perhaps he wouldn't even need to wait for the Ball to start before he could Breakthrough to the Chaos Realm.

Furthermore, Cao Yang now faced a rather thorny problem.

As the number of women he took in increased, although he could obtain more sign-in counts, converting them into cultivation base was becoming increasingly stretched thin, making it hard to meet the needs of so many women for their own cultivation base improvements.

In short, the income and expenditure were out of balance, resulting in a deficit.

One must know that deep in his heart, Cao Yang harbored a grand goal and dream—not only for himself to Cultivate to the Peak of his Realm, but more importantly, to help every woman destined to be with him embark on this path to the pinnacle.

So, if things continued this way, it would clearly be impossible to realize this beautiful vision.

After some deep thought, Cao Yang realized that in the future, for those women whose cultivation base and Realm were far below his own, such as those only at the ninth level of the Source Realm, he might have to reluctantly let go and no longer easily take them under his wing.

Of course, there were exceptions to everything; if the other party possessed some extremely special traits, then he could still consider accepting them as appropriate.

Otherwise, his dream would be like a mirage, reachable but unattainable, which was absolutely unacceptable!

Furthermore, as the women around him increased daily, even if Cao Yang had extraordinary energy and was quite capable in that regard, time was ultimately limited.

Faced with so many beauties, he was a bit overwhelmed by himself.

However, if the other party was willing to become his maidservant, specifically responsible for serving and caring for his Dao Companions, it would be a good solution.

Although he couldn't help these maidservants achieve Realm Breakthroughs at the moment, Cao Yang could still provide them with ample resources and precious Cultivation Techniques.

This way, in time, once these maidservants diligently Cultivate on their own, they might achieve something.

As for Cao Yang, if one day he suddenly developed a strong interest in one of the maidservants and intended to take her as his Dao Companion...

...then after that, he would have to ensure that the maidservant's Realm was significantly improved.

After all, only if both parties had similar strength and were considered a match could they truly become a divine couple.

Of course, whether to take in maidservants would depend on whether the many women around Cao Yang needed someone to serve them.

If they felt it wasn't necessary, then Cao Yang naturally wouldn't force himself to recruit any maidservants.

After some deep thought, Cao Yang finally made up his mind.

Next, he focused all his energy on raising his own Realm.

Hard work paid off; with persistent effort, Cao Yang successfully broke through from the Middle Stage of Source Emperor to the Late Stage in one go, consuming over 50 billion Heaven-Defying Genius Cultivation!

However, he was not satisfied with this and immediately continued to charge toward higher levels in one breath.

In the end, Cao Yang achieved another major Breakthrough, successfully promoting from the Late Stage of Source Emperor to the Peak Source Emperor Realm.

The price for this Breakthrough was also not small, consuming a full 60 billion Heaven-Defying Genius Cultivation!

At this point, Cao Yang had 40 billion Heaven-Defying Genius Cultivation left.

Facing this precious wealth, after careful consideration, he decided to use it on his Dao Companions.

And when choosing targets, he would prioritize those Dao Companions whose favorability was relatively easier to increase.

Because he knew that only in this way could he reap even richer rewards.

No sooner said than done, Cao Yang immediately took action.

He personally led nearly a hundred Dao Companions on a romantic journey lasting nearly two months.

During the day, they traveled together through the vast Main City of Myriad Realms, enjoying the wonderful scenery of various worlds; as night fell, they returned to the magnificent Heavenly Emperor Hall to share warm and sweet times.

Through this way of spending time together day and night, they continuously increased their mutual understanding and affection, hoping to further consolidate their deep friendship.

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